General Baron Claude-Marie Meunier (1770–1846), the artist's son-in-law

Jacques-Louis David, 1812

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Jacques-Louis David 1748–1825 · France

David survived revolution, prison, and exile to paint Napoleon's glory — and still died the most influential artist in France.